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Kick-Ass (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced DVD and Blu-ray releases

Further Details:
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced DVD ($29.95) and Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($39.99) releases of Kick-Ass for the 3rd August. Extras on the DVD will include a commentary with director Matthew Vaughn, 2 featurettes ("The Art of KICK-ASS", "It's On! The Comic Book Origin of KICK-ASS"), and a Marketing Archive. The Blu-ray/DVD Combo release will include all of that, along with an Ass-Kicking BonusView Mode, a 4-part A New Kind of Superhero: The Making of KICK-ASS featurette, BD-Live features, and a digital copy of the film. We've attached the official package artwork for each of the releases below:

Synopsis

Quote: Dave Lizewski (Johnson) is an ordinary teenager who goes unnoticed in high school until he takes a chance to "do something" and dons a mask and becomes "Kick-Ass" to fight real-life crime. Bruised and beaten and without any real super powers, he is saved by a father-daughter duo (Cage as "Big Daddy", Moretz as "Hit-Girl") who know all the right moves and have a vendetta against a vicious crime-lord, D'Amico (Strong). After a fiery internet storm of publicity for Kick-Ass, D'Amico wants to meet the masked man, and his son (Mintz-Plasse) dons a costume of his own and becomes "Red Mist" to befriend him and get in his father's good graces.The story comes to a head when D'Amico succeeds in luring the crime-fighters to his home and ass-kicking destruction ensues.

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Comments

10th June 2010 7:06#31

Actually, I like this cover. The messy paint marks aren't too distracting. They look like they resemble blood and Big Daddy looks like he has tears, which is appropriate. Or maybe the marks were done just to show the comic styling. The cover also brings out the dark tone of the film and it immediately tells parents it isn't for kids.

10th June 2010 7:57#33

pingas wrote: Actually, I like this cover. The messy paint marks aren't too distracting. They look like they resemble blood and Big Daddy looks like he has tears, which is appropriate. Or maybe the marks were done just to show the comic styling. The cover also brings out the dark tone of the film and it immediately tells parents it isn't for kids.

10th June 2010 11:11#36

Ugh... they're still persisting with these combo Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy sets. Was a simple 2-disc Blu-ray too much to ask for? Guess I'll wait for the eventual 'unrated' version. You know there'll be one.

10th June 2010 18:50#41

This movie was the first I reviewed for my friend's website (http://therogersrevue.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/...) and I wound up seeing it twice more in theaters after that first press screening. Can't wait for this one on Blu-Ray! Also, director Matthew Vaughn has already said there will be an extended director's cut coming to video soon...

11th June 2010 6:06#45

Ebert's review is not a surprise. Ebert is one of the best and most important film critics of all time, but he also has knee-jerk reactions to 'offensive' subject matter, in the way many older liberals seem to think that the masses will always react incorrectly. He's famous for tirades against slasher films in the '80s, and gave Fight Club a negative review because he was afraid the film would lead to copy cat crimes. The movies that last he usually turns around on eventually. I can't say Kick-Ass will last, but he's expressed some regret in his reactions to Night of the Living Dead over the years.

11th June 2010 6:48#46

Gabe Powers wrote: Ebert's review is not a surprise. Ebert is one of the best and most important film critics of all time, but he also has knee-jerk reactions to 'offensive' subject matter, in the way many older liberals seem to think that the masses will always react incorrectly. He's famous for tirades against slasher films in the '80s, and gave Fight Club a negative review because he was afraid the film would lead to copy cat crimes. The movies that last he usually turns around on eventually. I can't say Kick-Ass will last, but he's expressed some regret in his reactions to Night of the Living Dead over the years.

Very true. Other examples that come to mind are Blue Velvet and Clockwork Orange.

12th June 2010 23:48#48

Ugly cover. Decent movie but I had to high expactaions. The lead charactr lacked charm and the movie moved along in a forced matter. Cages West voice was the best thing about it, together with some nice visuals.

13th June 2010 3:26#49

Good movie. Fun in places, a little slow in others. An amalgamation of several comic book heroes and colorful posers made this passable movie at best. Sometimes forced yet inventive in places. Plot and story line was a bit tired and overused in my book. Hardly original. Didn't really see why so many people got all hot and bothered over it but who knows. As long as people have fun at the movies, that's all I care about. KA is not going to make into the collection. There wasn't enough there for multiple viewings. The DVD artwork is pretty cool. I'd like to see limited editions featuring each of the characters on seperate DVDs for marketing purposes. I'm sure everyone has their favorite.

15th June 2010 2:11#51

this movie F'ing ROCKS SO MUCH ASS!! i've watched it 5 times within a month. i loved it that much. the reusing/remix of John Murphy's SUNSHINE "Adagio in D min" and "In a Heartbeat" from 28 DAYS LATER works perfectly in this movie and this has some of the best action segments i've ever seen. Hit-Girl OWNS all!! i highly recommend this movie.

20th July 2010 21:45#56

Well I just realized this is Lions Gate so chances are the PiP maybe commentary with a PiP with making of video in it like Rambo Hoping its more along the line of a Maximum Movie Mode than a Rambo PiP w/commentary which I fear it will be seeing as its got a solo commentary just like Rambo did.

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